Payne's translation of Compayré's The History of Pedagogy was initially published in 1886 due to a general lack of historical texts on education in the late nineteenth century. Compayré provides a thorough account of the doctrines and methods used by educators throughout history from educators of antiquity to the early nineteenth century. This title will be of interest to students of Education and Philosophy.

Translator's Preface; Introduction; A Sketch of the Life of Gabriel Compayré; Chapter 1 Educational in Antiquity; Chapter 2 Education among the Greeks; Chapter 3 Education At Rome; Chapter 4 The Early Christians and The Middle Age; Chapter 5 The Renaissance and Thetheories of Education in the Sixteenth Century; Chapter 6 Protestantism and primary instruction. -lutheh and comenius; Chapter 7 The Teaching Congregations. -Jesuits and Jansenists; Chapter 8 Fenelon; Chapter 9 The Renaissance and Thetheories of Education in the Sixteenth Century; Chapter 10 The Education Of Women in the Seventeenth Century; Chapter 11 Rollin; Chapter 12 Catholicism and Primary in Struction. - La Salle and The Brethren of The Christian Schools; Chapter 13 Rousseau and the Émile; Chapter 14 The philosophers of the eighteenth century.- condillac, diderot, helyetius, and kant; Chapter 15 The Origin Of Lay And National Instruction.- La Chalotais And Rolland; Chapter 16 The French Revolution.-Mirabeau, Talleyrand, Condorcet; Chapter 17 The Convention Lepelletier Saint-Fargeau Lakanal, Daunou; Chapter 18 Pestalozzi; Chapter 19 The Successohs of Pestalozzi.- Froebel and the Père Girard; Chapter 20 Women as Educators; Chapter 21 The Theory And Practice Of Education In The Nineteenth Century; Chapter 22 The Science of Education.-Herbert Spencer and Alexander Bain.;